Affliction

Lies Every Adult Told

"High school will be some of the best years of your life"
I was told that I would love my teen years and I would miss them when I was older.
What they didn't tell me was that most of this time,
The time I spent in high school would not even be close to some of the best I've experienced.
I wasn't told that I would meet a boy with a nice smile that sat next to me in English,
I wasn't told that the same boy would break my heart over and over again.
I wasn't told that I was being emotionally abused,
That even after years I would still love that same boy.
I wasn't told that I would loose friends left and right,
That my friends would become people that I didn't need in my life.
I wasn't told that at the age of sixteen I would have a hand full of friends.
That I would meet another boy that took my breath away but he only wanted me for my body.
I wasn't told that I would cry, day after day because I felt that I had no purpose I this earth, and my only resolution was to split my skin open.
I wasn't told that High school would be the worst years of my life.
- J.Z